3 Uncias

Copper alloy (bronze or brass)

Cast

Square

4.40 cm

4.40 cm

0.80 cm

Mass (g)	Mass (grain)	Date of measurement	Reference	fragmented	cleaned	reference weight
126.50	-	-	CPAI III/2	No	No	Yes

Symbol	Technique	Direction	Position	Number	Synecdoche
--- Two imperial busts	Incised
Wreath: leaf pattern	Incised			One
Dot / Pellet	Incised			Two
Leaf	Incised			Two
Frame	Incised			One

CPAI III/2: Square in form with plain profile; and the face in the form of a raised square platform set back from the edge; engraved on the top with a herring-bone wreath enclosing two facing busts above the denominational mark Γ; while there is a dot in the upper corners, there is a leaf in the bottom corners. The bottom is blank but engraved a square border through the edges. It is a “three-ounkia” (ounkia of 42.17 g); its mass is high and does not correspond its denomination. Fake.

No

Language	Technique	Legend type
Greek	Incised	Denomination

Ο(ὐ)γ(γίαι) γ´.

LATE ROMAN AND BYZANTINE

FROM 400 TO 800

Name	Date of acquisition	Inventory number
Pera Museum (Istanbul)	Dec. 31, 2006	PMA 1864

Reference	Page/Column	Reference (number)	Plate / Figure	Comment
Wamser and Zahlhaas 1998	None	181	None	None
Wamser 2004	44; 45	None	fig. 19	None
CPAI III/2	None	086	pl. 24	None

Probably a fake weight.